Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Partner operating in the Art space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Verity Harding
Global Head of Policy & Partnerships (currently on secondment) of DeepMind
Verity Harding is Co-Lead of DeepMind Ethics Society, a research unit established to explore the real-world impacts of artificial intelligence. The unit has a dual aim: to help technologists put ethics into practice, and to help society anticipate and direct the impact of AI so that it works for the benefit of all. Prior to this Verity was Head of Security Policy for Google in Europe, and previously the Special Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Sir Nick Clegg MP, with responsibility for Home Affairs and Justice. She is a graduate of Pembroke College, Oxford University, and was a Michael Von Clemm Fellow at Harvard University. In her spare time, Verity sits on the Board of the Friends of the Royal Academy of Arts.
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About DeepMind, Partnership on AI: DeepMind aims to research and build safe artificial intelligence system to solve intelligence, to advance science and humanity.
Mads Jensen
Founder & Managing Partner of SuperSeed Ventures
Mads is an avid technologist, experienced SaaS entrepreneur and skilled business operator with more than 20 years track record in building and growing technology businesses. His passion is to build great tech companies, and today he does this as investor in and mentor of great founding teams. Mads is technically hands-on, and his expertise includes disruptive innovation using AI and data. He is the author of multiple US patents.
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About SuperSeed Ventures: SuperSeed invests in seed stage B2B SaaS/AI companies and help them reach their first £1m in revenue
Alex Barton
Developer Partnerships of Facebook AI
Alex Barton is the Developer Partnerships of Facebook.
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About Facebook AI, Mush: Facebook AI offers technology and engineering services like theory, algorithms, applications, software and hardware infrastructure.
Jonathan Gane
Business Development and Partnerships of ABAKA Holdings
Jonathan Gane, Business Development & Partnerships Director, was previously Managing Director at TP ICAP Institutional Services division covering strategy, acquisitions and origination. Prior to this he was CEO and co-CIO of the fund of hedge funds, Fort Rock Asset Management, investing in quantitatively driven hedge funds that included systematic trading, AI and machine learning strategies. He spent 15 years with Societe Generale in London and New York where he was Managing Director, Global Head of Origination & Structuring for the Newedge Alternatives division covering hedge funds and institutional investors.
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About ABAKA Holdings: ABAKA is the Enterprise platform powered by Artificial Intelligence enabling institutions to build digital retirement solutions
Abdalla Kablan
Managing Partner of Wyzer
Abdalla Kablan is a serial entrepreneur, and award winning fintech expert. He specialises in the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in the design of complex financial systems. Throughout his career he founded a number of startups and companies specializing in deep learning, professional match making, and Fintech. Furthermore, Kablans is an Alumni of Microsoft Ventures, UK and worked on projects, which were featured at the World Economic Forum 2017 in Davos. Kablan is also an academic at the University of Malta where he lectures and researches topics related to computational intelligence, financial engineering, and financial data science. During his PhD studies between 2007-2011 Dr Kablan researched the cryptographic block algorithms behind bitcoin (now known as blockchain), and is a renowned expert in the field of distributed ledgers. Furthermore Dr Kablan advices governments on matters related to strategic development and utilisation of technology, Fintech, and Blockchain/DLT technologies.
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About Caledo, University of Malta, Wyzer: Wyzer assists organizations in fin-tech, AI, and blockchain.
Anna Lowe
Director of Partnerships & Co-Founder of SMARTIFY
Anna is CoFounder and Director of Partnerships at Smartify a global platform for art described by the New Scientist as “the Shazam and Spotify of art”. A firm believer that culture needs stewardship not disruption, Anna works closely with museums to embrace new technologies that support their growth and resilience. Anna is a Trustee of Tate, the youngest ever trustee of a national museum. Anna also sits on the UK5G Creative Industries working group and is an Industry Champion for the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC).
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About SMARTIFY, Tate: SMARTIFY provides instant access to inspiring art commentary, straight to your smartphone.
Anthony Hess
Client Partner of MiQ
Anthony Hess is a Client Partner at MiQ.
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About MiQ: MiQ is an independent marketing intelligence company with the people and technology that help businesses win.
Eli Koen
Partner of Vela Partners
Eli Koen is Tech Investor at Vela Partners. Previously, Eli was the co-head of Emerging Europe Equities at Fortis in London, where he co-managed the Fortis Emerging Europe Equity fund, and managed the Fortis Turkish Equity fund. Prior to fund management, he was a research analyst for emerging markets at Goldman Sachs and Lehman Brothers in London. Eli brings crucial expertise to Vela Partners in analysis and valuation. He holds a graduate degree in international economics and finance from Brandeis University, and a bachelor’s degree in economics from Boğaziçi University.
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About Union Bancaire Privee, Vela Partners: AI-enabled venture investor.
Martin Sutton
Partnership Director of Peak
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About Peak: Peak is a decision intelligence company that provides a platform to offer data analysis services.
David Champeaux
Affiliate Partner, Global Cognitive Health Solutions of IPsoft
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About Cherish Health, IPsoft: IPsoft automates IT and business processes for enterprises across a wide range of industries.
Andrew MCGEE
EcoSystem Venture Builder; Arrow ECS Partner of Vivolution
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About Innovation Centre Scotland Limited, Vivolution: Vivolution empowers the growth of emerging technology businesses with an emphasis on digital health, AI, ML and IoT solutions.
Arnaud Dassier
Founding Partner of Allo-Media
Arnaud Dassier is an entrepreneur who has been involved in the web industry for twenty years, especially after having led one of the major internet agencies is the 2000s, “l’Enchanteur des medias” sold in 2010 to a holding listed on the stock exchange. Today, he is a business angel and major stockholder in Allo-Media, he guides the firm in its strategic development. He is member of the Board of Allo-Media.
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About Allo-Media: Allo-Media is a real-time phone calls transcription platform for data activation.
Dr Rana Ghosh-Roy
IBM Partner, Business Analytics of illumr
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About : illumr helps organizations to better understand and predict patterns of behavior that affect them.
James Baldwin
CEO, Founder & Partner of Unai
James Baldwin was the managing director at ERN.
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About Unai: Software Development and Data Science
Alistair Langer
Marketing & Partnerships of Maanch
Alistair is currently involved with many different projects, organisations and individuals, supporting them to reduce complexity and find clear solutions. His clients include Carissa Bub, founder and CEO of Bubworks and the not for profit MAANCH, a platform which matches donors with charities. He previously worked for Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften, the first b2b magazine on sustainability in German speaking countries.
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About Maanch: Platform
Alistair Langer
Marketing & Partnerships of Maanch
Alistair is currently involved with many different projects, organisations and individuals, supporting them to reduce complexity and find clear solutions. His clients include Carissa Bub, founder and CEO of Bubworks and the not for profit MAANCH, a platform which matches donors with charities. He previously worked for Forum Nachhaltig Wirtschaften, the first b2b magazine on sustainability in German speaking countries.
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About Maanch: Platform
Christopher Kellner
Global VP Sales & Partnerships of DigitalGenius
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About DigitalGenius, Pavilion: DigitalGenius is an AI platform that puts customer support on autopilot by automating repetitive processes and delighting customers.
Stuart Clarke
Partnerships Officer of Synap
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About Synap: Synap is online education platform using AI to revolutionise learning.
Elodie Draperi
Partnerships Director of GiveVision
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About GiveVision: GiveVision is a high tech low vision aids enhancing the remaining sight of partially sighted people.
Doug Ayres
Founding Partner of Policy Radar
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About Policy Radar: Discover & analyse the opinions of UK members of parliament across News, Social Media & Hansard
Simon Hobbs
Founding Partner of Policy Radar
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About Policy Radar: Discover & analyse the opinions of UK members of parliament across News, Social Media & Hansard
